EPIC Sues for US Intelligence Agencies' Classified Report on Russia's Election-Related Hacks

The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit Thursday against the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), in a push for publication of U.S. intelligence agencies’ classified report on Russia’s involvement the hacking of IT systems aimed at influencing the 2016 presidential election. The intelligence agencies released an unclassified version of the report earlier this month (see 1701060060). EPIC filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. "There is an urgent need to make available to the public the Complete ODNI Assessment to fully assess the Russian interference with the 2016 Presidential election and to prevent future attacks in democratic institutions,” EPIC said in its complaint (in Pacer). EPIC said it filed a FOIA request with ODNI Jan. 9, which the office needed to respond to within the required 10 days. ODNI didn’t comment.